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If you thought it was windy you're not wrong - with winds of up to 93km per hour hitting Rotorua today.

And while the wind is meant to ease off, the bad news is it is set to get colder.

There were significant gusts of winds passing through Rotorua over the weekend, with the highest speed of 93 kilometres per hour recorded at Rotorua Airport on Sunday afternoon according to Metservice.

Showers passed through with heavy rainfall on Saturday evening and early Sunday morning. The heaviest rain was recorded between 3am and 4am Sunday with 5.6 millilitres in an hour.